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Mantra 12

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुहे सायं दुहे प्रातर्दुहे मध्यंदिनं परि । दोहा ये अस्य संयन्ति तान् विद्मानुपदस्वतः

IAST Transliteration

duhé sāyáṃ duhé prātár duhé madhyáṃdinaṃ pári | dohā́ yé asya saṃyánti tā́n vidmá anupáda-svataḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

It yieldeth milk at eve; it yieldeth milk at morn; it yieldeth milk about the midday. The milkings that are held in check thereof—those we know, in ordered step and sequence.

Word by Word

दुहे(she/it) yields, gives milk

सायम्in the evening

दुहेyields

प्रातर्in the morning

दुहेyields

मध्यम्the middle (time)

दिनम्day; daytime

परिaround; all around

दोहाःmilkers; those who milk

येwho (those who)

अस्यof this; its

संयन्तिrestrain; control; hold together

तान्those (them)

विद्मwe know

अनुपदस्वतःstep by step, of itself/naturally

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (as per the surrounding Vrātya material)

Devata: Implicitly Prajāpati / the rite’s productive power (doh metaphor)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (ritual verse with repeated cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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